Visitors to Central America up by 10% in 2010

According to numbers reported by the tourism ministries in Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama, the number of tourists to the region increased by 10.8% in 2010 compared to 2009 numbers. (I have no idea why the article rounded down to 10% rather than up to 11%).

Belize - 1,035,577 visitors arrived in 2010, 10% more than the previous year.

Costa Rica - reported a total of 2,485,191 visitors, an increase of 8.6% on the previous year. 

El Salvador - received 1,604,358 visitors, 8.34% more than in 2009.

Panama - received 1,685,295 visitors, 7.83% more than the previous year.

Nicaragua  - 1,071,660 visitors, an increase of 6%. 

Guatemala - 1,875,776 visitors in 2010, up by 5.57%. 

Honduras - an increase in visitors of 2.92%.

The report doesn't give total numbers for Honduras, but it's probably an indication that the 2009 coup impacted Honduras as a tourist destination.